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見回る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	見み回まわる	見み回まわらない
Polite	見み回まわります	見み回まわりません
Past polite	見み回まわりました	見み回まわりませんでした
Past	見み回まわった	見み回まわらなかった
Te-form	見み回まわって	見み回まわらないで
Desire	見み回まわりたい	見み回まわりたくない
Potential	見み回まわれる	見み回まわれない
Passive	見み回まわられる	見み回まわられない
Causative	見み回まわらせる	見み回まわらせない
Causative passive	見み回まわらせられるalso 見み回まわらされる	見み回まわらせられないalso 見み回まわらされない
Volitional	見み回まわろう
Polite volitional	見み回まわりましょう
Imperative	見み回まわれ	見み回まわるな
Conditional	見み回まわれば	見み回まわらなければ
Tara conditional	見み回まわったら	見み回まわらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

patrol; make one's rounds

Intransitive verb for walking around to inspect or keep watch, often used for security guards, police, or caretakers.

〈場ば所しょ〉を見み回まわるto patrol/make one's rounds of a place
警けい備び員いんが毎まい晩ばんビルの中なかを見み回まわる。
The security guard makes his rounds inside the building every night.

巡じゅん回かいN1
巡回する is more formal and often refers to scheduled or official rounds, while 見回る is a general, everyday word for walking around to check on things.
パトロール
パトロールする is a loanword that sounds modern and is typically used for police or security patrols, whereas 見回る is a native, more general term usable by any watchman or caretaker.
見み張はるN1
見張る means to keep watch from a fixed position, while 見回る implies actively moving around an area to check on it.
巡じゅん視し
巡視する is a formal, often official term for inspecting an area on rounds, while 見回る is the everyday equivalent used in casual or general contexts.

見み回まわす
見回す means to look around from where one is standing, while 見回る means to walk around an area to patrol or inspect it.
出で回まわるN1
見回る shares the ending 回る with 出回る but means to patrol or look around a place, not to become available or circulate.

見み回まわるUsage68%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and general use.
見み廻まわるUsage17%
Variant using the older 廻 kanji; rarely seen in modern writing.
見みまわるUsage13%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not a standard written spelling.
みまわるUsage3%

Compound of 見る (miru, 'to see') and 回る (mawaru, 'to go around'), literally 'to go around and see'.